Summer Term 2011
ESSReS-L9: Earth System Science: A combined data-modelling paleoperspective
The programme is designed for PhD and Masters students interested in earth system research and climate changes as recorded in paleoclimate archives. These records provide the basis to study climate changes and processes under different boundary conditions from today. The individual lectures are based on the foundations of different quantitative approaches to understand climate changes ranging from millennial to tectonic timescales, including abrupt climate changes. Special emphasis is given to an integrated data – modelling perspective, complemented by case studies of current research examples. The course will also discuss limitations and challenges in the interpretation of paleo-climate records.
Date: 04 May 2011
Location, time: AWI Bremerhaven, room D2930, 9 am - 5:30 pm
Language: English
Lecturers: S. Barker, K. Grosfeld, G. Knorr, P. Köhler and M. Werner
The Programme: ESSReS-L9.pdf
Winter Term 2010/2011
ESSReS-L8: Bioarchives, a source for climate reconstruction
This course will focus on the use of carbonate bioarchives, mainly foraminiferans and bivalves for the reconstruction of past climate and environment variability. We will have a closer look at lab procedures- and analytical techniques. What can be done, what pitfalls there are. For our lab work, we will collect some samples in the field!
NOTE: for the excursion to the intertidal you should be equipped with rubber boots and with water & wind proof gear.
Date: 28 February - 01 March 2011
Location, time: AWI Bremerhaven, room to be announced, 9 am - 6 pm
Language: English
Lecturers: T. Brey, G. Nehrke, J. Krause-Nehring, Gerald Langer and Nina Keul
The Programme: ESSReS-L8.pdf
Summer Term 2010
ESSReS-L7: Paleoclimate: from proxies to climate data
This course will focus on the introduction to the fundamental understanding of Earth’s history and its evolution on long time scales. Lectures and interactive modules will show how climate history can be reconstructed in order to understand the mechanisms and impacts of past global environmental variability related to natural driving forces of climate change. This can be achieved by interpreting chemical signatures of biologic, oceanographic and climatic processes that are preserved in the marine sediment record.
Special modules on basic and expert level will be provided.
Date: May 10 - 12, 2010
Location, time: AWI Bremerhaven, room to be announced, 9 am - 5 pm
Language: English
Lecturers: Dr. Frank Lamy, Prof. Dr. Ralf Tiedemann (AWI Bremerhaven), PD Dr. Bernhard Diekmann (AWI Potsdam)
The Programme: ESSReS-L7.pdf
Winter Term 2009/2010
ESSReS-L6: Workshops on Earth System Modelling
The two workshops on earth system modelling are proposed for PhD students interested and dealing with computational modelling of the earth system in general. Both workshops are held by guest professors from the UK and Australia.
Workshop I
will give an introduction to and practical hands-on learning in Earth system modelling. It will provide a chance to explore the dynamics of the Earth’s climate system as well as of global carbon cycling and the biogeochemical impacts of fossil fuel CO2 emissions. The workshop is held by Prof. Dr. Andy Ridgwell from the University of Bristol, UK, and organized by POLMAR.
Date: April 19 - 20, 2010
Location, time: AWI Bremerhaven, Building E-4005 (Weserturm), 9 to 5 pm
Language: English
Registration via: info.polmar(at)awi.de
Workshop II
will give an introduction to GPlates software, an interactive plate-tectonic reconstruction, geographic information system (GIS) functionality and raster data visualisation tool. It enables the interactive manipulation of plate-tectonic reconstructions and visualization of associated data through geological time, including paleomagnatic data. Users can build regional to global plate models, and import their own data.
The worksholp is held by Prof. Dr. Dietmar Müller, University of Sydney, Australia.
GPlates, an introductory course on plate-tectonic reconstruction
Date: April 28, 2010
Location, time: AWI Bremerhaven, Building E-4005 (Weserturm), 9 to 5 pm
Language: English
Registration via: info(at)earth-system-science.org
ESSReS-L5: Atmospheric modes and teleconnection patterns
1-day course: 30 September 2009 by ESSReS guest scientist Dr. Norel Rimbu
Location: AWI
Responsible: N. Rimbu, K. Grosfeld
Email: info(at)earth-system-science.org
Klaus.Grosfeld@awi.de
Dr. Norel Rimbu is senior scientist and lecturer at the Faculty of Physics, Department of Geosciences at the University of Bucharest, Romania. He is specialized in climate data analysis, especially in the field of atmospheric teleconnections and climate variability and predictability at different time scales. Dr. Rimbu has great experience in the analysis of proxy data time series in combination with climatic forcing fields (such as large scale sea level pressure, temperature or other climate data) which is a key process when transferring local climate record information into the large scale areal and temporal context. The understanding of climate teleconnection patterns of the present day climate is a precondition in the understanding of the global Earth system.
The course will provide two lectures, one introductory (more general) and one advanced lecture on climate modes.
Lecture I: The North Atlantic Oscillation and the Pacific North American patterns and their relation with El Nino-Southern Oscillation
Structure of the lecture:
1) an overview of the basic atmospheric teleconnection patterns and their relationships with the basic elements of the large-scale Northern Hemisphere atmospheric circulation
2) the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) as a dominant pattern of the Northern Hemisphere atmospheric circulation variability
3) the Pacific North American Pattern (PNA) and its relationship with El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO)
4) extratropical ENSO teleconnections and their relations with NAO and PNA.
Lecture II: Atmospheric teleconnections during present, past and future climate
Structure of the lecture:
1) sectorial (PNA + NAO) versus annular (Arctic Oscillation; AO) description of the present Northern Hemisphere atmospheric circulation variability: statistical and dynamical arguments.
2) stability of the teleconnections with focus on the 1970’s shift
3) atmospheric teleconnections in past climate
4) atmospheric teleconnections in future climate
Extended Abstracts: ESSReS-L5.pdf
Lecture Material for download: Lecture I, Lecture II